[evlatests] ea01 pointing anomaly

Ken Sowinski ksowinsk at nrao.edu
Tue Nov 29 11:17:36 EST 2011


Rick reported the other day the ea01 had large and consistent
pointing errors during one of his test overvations.  A pointing
run last night confirms a large tilt error which was not present
on a pointing run of October 28.  An examination of the parameters
DB shows that nothing has changed since September 28.

The magnitude of the error is an arc-minute in the sense of
pointing too low when looking in the NW.  Any explanations?
The best I can offer is that the pad is differentially sinking,
or two or three  millimeters of foreign matter was introduced
between the pier furthest from the track and the antenna.



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